THE FASHIONS.

Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1889, Page 4

THE FASHIONS.

• (MI?S MaOTAIIXI.) In the children's department pretty little dresses and the latest Paris hat* are turned over and eagerly criticieed by the mothers. Much anxious thought is expended on children' 3 finery. They have a pretty tennis dress for a girl of ten. It is made of durk blue serge, with a full vest of blue and white striped flannel. The skirt Iras a two-inch border of white serge, embroidered with bats and balls. Smart little pilot jackets in blue serge, and brass Buttons, cost 18s 6d. Fans cau bo bought at any price. Made of transparent black material, with hand painted borders, they cost a shilling, but five or sis shillings is the average price of a nice fan. Floral fans, made principally of rose?,- or pink und white carnations, are fashionable. The flowers are fastened on to a foundatim of wire, and the tortoiseshell hand c is ornamented with a bow of green ribbon and a long loop 1 his loop is slipped over the wearer's arm, and in that position it forms a pretty garniture on one side of her skirt. Several floral fan 3 were worn at the State ball. Some were made of r al, but the greater part of artifioial flowers. The jyre fan, iD delicate shades of pink cream and pale blue, is being Bold at 5s 9d. -it looks like a bandscreen, but it is just as useful as the ordinary fan when it has a stiff quill feather back. Women work hard at enamelling I nowadays. When a bazaar is on the tapis they don't waste time in em broidering smoking caps and erooheting mats and miitens that no* body wants. They make dainty little tables, cabinets, newspaperracks, and overmantles instead A lady who can paint nicely finds planty of scope for her imagination in decorating each article she's j enamelled. Miss Emeraon, of 223, Begent-street, keeps all sorts of dainty furniture in hard wood ready for enamelling Her prices are not terrible, the lit'le corner cabinet at 10s 6d, and the curiously shaped chair at 15s 6d are good specimens of what she keeps. Miss Emerson told me a good many of her customers are amateur wood carvers. They buy oak and mahogany tables and letter boxes. A well-carved letter-box for a hall, carved by a lady, was shown to me. One of the prettiest things in Miss Emerson's shop is a little white enameled corner cabinet. It is panelled with small mirrors and shelves. The shelves are filled with plants which half conceal 8 little fountain playing behind. A good m<my ladiee are putting Moorish arches in their drawing ronma. A square room is easily beautified with these pretty arches, enamelled to \ match the furniture. Candy is a national institution with American women. Candy is the generic name forevory kind of sweetmeat in America, In England women don't spend much money on sweets. They eat buns instead. The English sweet shopkeeper isn't an original man and doesn't woriy himself about introducing novelties. He keeps the same slock from year to year. The American Confectionery Company's shop at 181, Oxford* street, w 11 soon be a favourite place with every woman who has a sweet tooth. There «re bon br>ns made of fruit and cream, floral delicacies like crystalised rosrs, violets, orange blossoms, and carnatio ir>, Langtry bonbons (nothing coming from * merica now seems t» be complete unless the v me <f Mrs L-iigiry is introduced), mrshnuillows, peanut bar. walnut bonbons, and of c urse, caramels. The oddest thing arc the gold an 1 bi.ver drois They are small sweets eoverr-d \vi:li a ihin— a very thin Inyer of genu'n^ gold or silver. The shop holds a huml ed different s r >rts of sweet-men ts. Here is bold the famous American soda, n ade of ire-cream, fyrup and soda. It is more refreshing than ice-cr am. .American soda is a drink to be cl wished in hot woather Le3s weeta are nude at a time in the pUiQiiier than in the winter, I'ocuuse ,t Jbcy.ke«p beUa* in the lut'.or teaiou.